300 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, December 7 — 10, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



louds 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



Sc: 

 From 



C.-s. : 

 ovin 



Tom 



Ci., Sky 

 y clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 













IK 



10-". 











d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



• 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





7 8 



30-131 



31-2 



29-4 



1-8 





1-5 



16 





00 



Clear. 



9 



134 



31-6 



29-8 



1-8 





2-5 



16 





30 



Scud. 



10 



140 



32-2 



30-6 



1-6 





1-0 



15 





8-0 



Thin scud. 



11 



147 



31-2 



29-6 



1-6 





20 



14 





8-0 



Scud ; clouds broken. 



12 



157 



31-3 



29-8 



1-5 





2-5 



14 





90 



Id. ; id. 



23 



30-140 



28-6 









00 



6 — 



11 : 



— 100 



Sunday — Overcast ; cir.-str. scud ; flakes of snow, p 



8 13 



30-021 



33-0 



32-2 



0-8 





0-1 



7 





100 



Scud ? snow ' 5 lately. 



14 



016 



33-4 



32-7 



0-7 



0-7 



01 



4 





9-9 



Id. 



15 



013 



33-0 



32-6 



0-4 





00 



1 





9-8 



Cirro-stratous scud ? flakes of snow occasionally. 



16 



006 



33-1 



32-5 



0-6 





00 



3 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



17 



30-002 



32-2 



320 



0-2 





00 



2 





4-0 



Id. ; clouds round horizon. 



18 



29-996 



32-0 



31-7 



0-3 





01 



2 





10-0 



Id. ; snow ' 5 



19 



29-993 



32-3 



320 



0-3 





0-0 



3 





7-5 



Id. ; sky to S. 



20 



30-010 



31-8 



31-5 



0-3 





00 



6 





9-8 



Smoky scud ; cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati. 



21 



017 



28-6 









00 



16 — 



8 



— 8-0 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; smoky fog to S. 



22 



036 



28-2 



28-1 



01 





00 



17 — 



8 



— 8-5 



Id. ; dense fog. 



23 



050 



29-6 



29-4 



0-2 





01 



18 — 



10 



— 9-9 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



9 



059 



30-9 



30-7 



0-2 





01 



21 — 



11 ■ 



— 100 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



1 



064 



31-9 



31-5 



0-4 





01 



18 — 



10 



— 100 



Scud ; cirro-stratous scud. 



2 



063 



32-9 



32-0 



0-9 





0-1 



16 — 



10 



— 9-8 



Cirro-cumulous scud. 



3 



071 



32-1 



31-9 



0-2 





01 



14 — 



10 



— 9-9 



Id. 



4 



082 



320 



31-9 



01 





0-1 



22 





100 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



5 



088 



31-3 



31-2 



0-1 



... 



00 



20 





100 



Id. 



6 



103 



30-9 



30-9 



0-0 





00 



10 





100 



Id.? 



7 



108 



30-7 



30-6 



01 





00 



6 





100 



Id.? 



8 



117 



30-4 



30-3 



01 





0-0 



16 





100 



Id. 



9 



127 



31-7 



30-9 



0-8 





00 



6 





10-0 



Id.? 



10 



131 



30-7 



30-4 



0-3 





00 



7 





100 



Id.? 



11 



131 



30-2 



300 



0-2 





0-0 



24 





100 



Id.? 



12 



127 



30-4 



300 



0-4 





00 







9-8 



Id.? 



13 



30-127 



30-7 



30-3 



0-4 





00 



24 





100 



Cirro-stratous scud ? 



14 



125 



31-4 



31-2 



0-2 





00 



2 





100 



Id.? 



15 



128 



32-1 



31-9 



0-2 





0-0 



2 





100 



Id.? 



16 



124 



32-5 



32-1 



0-4 





00 



3 





10-0 



Id.? 



17 



116 



32-9 



32-4 



0-5 





0-0 



3 





10-0 



Id.? 



18 



116 



32-8 



32-5 



0-3 





00 



16 





100 



Id.? 



19 



114 



32-6 



32-5 



0-1 





00 



10 





100 



Id.? 



20 



116 



32-9 



32-5 



0-4 





0-1 



18 





100 



Id. 



21 



127 



33-3 



32-6 



0-7 





0-1 



10 





100 



Id. 



22 



139 



33-9 



330 



0-9 





01 



14 — 



: 10 



— 10-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. 



23 



133 



33-6 



33-0 



0-6 





01 



16 





10-0 



Id. ; cirrous mass. 



10 



107 



34-8 



33-7 



11 





01 



4 — 



: 8 



— 100 



Id. 



1 



081 



35-2 



33-8 



1-4 





0-1 



3 





100 



Id. ; cirrous mass. 



2 



070 



35-1 



33-8 



1-3 



01 



00 



6 — 



: 8 



:— 100 



Id. ; id. ; 



3 



065 



35-3 



34-7 



0-6 



0-1 



0-0 



8 9 



: — 



:— 100 



Scud ; cirro-stratous scud. 



4 



053 



34-9 



33-8 



1-1 



01 



00 



2 9 



: — 



:— 100 



Id. ; id. 



5 



039 



34-7 



33-4 



1-3 



00 



0-0 



11 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



6 



025 



350 



33-6 



1-4 



0-0 



0-0 



6 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



7 



013 



34-2 



33-2 



10 



00 



00 



12 





100 



As before. 



8 



009 



34-0 



330 



1-0 



00 



00 



8 





100 



Id. ; some flakes of snow. 



9 



30-001 



33-9 



32-9 



1-0 



00 



00 



10 





100 



Id. 



10 



29-987 



34-0 



32-6 



1-4 



0-0 



0-0 



9 





100 



Id. 



11 



979 



33-7 



32-2 



1-5 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. ; some flakes of snow. 



12 



971 



33-2 



32-2 



1-0 



0-1 



0-0 



2 





100 



Id. 



13 



29-947 



32-2 



32-0 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



3 





100 



As before. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the ni 



ltnber of tl 



e poi 



nt of the com 



pass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



motions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C 



-s. (cirro-sl 



ratu; 



), and Cir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Dec. 7 d 23 h . Observation made at 23 h 20 m . 











